Hi all iv been a member in the past with my old 182 FF. Anyway I have been lusting after another as a daily again as iv bought a house and need cheap fun. A friend of a friend was selling a arctic blue 182 FF with good history and it was cheap... PERFECT so iv bought it,
But it has been stood 12 months sooo... The battary on the car was knackered I could jump start the car but it would die as soon as I removed the leads (at this point all dash lights where as normal apart from battery light on) , so I charged an old battary I have in the garage reads 13v, stuck that on it this morning and I get every light on the dash but the car still wouldn't start just got clicks and flickering off the dash, again the car starts with a jump and will continue to run on this battary even with leads removed, great... apart from the fact it has an unsteady idle and tries to stall if any electrics are used, brakes, indicators etc. they bog the car down and if I use the headlight flash the car completely dies. (inticaly the accelerator pedal didn't work but that fixed its self quickly) All the dash lights are on and EML was flashing.
So what could be wrong?
The car was fine when parked up, I will get a brand new battary to rule this out but it seams like something else is up to course all there's symptoms.
But it has been stood 12 months sooo... The battary on the car was knackered I could jump start the car but it would die as soon as I removed the leads (at this point all dash lights where as normal apart from battery light on) , so I charged an old battary I have in the garage reads 13v, stuck that on it this morning and I get every light on the dash but the car still wouldn't start just got clicks and flickering off the dash, again the car starts with a jump and will continue to run on this battary even with leads removed, great... apart from the fact it has an unsteady idle and tries to stall if any electrics are used, brakes, indicators etc. they bog the car down and if I use the headlight flash the car completely dies. (inticaly the accelerator pedal didn't work but that fixed its self quickly) All the dash lights are on and EML was flashing.
So what could be wrong?
The car was fine when parked up, I will get a brand new battary to rule this out but it seams like something else is up to course all there's symptoms.
